be marking timeWAITto spend time not doing very much except waiting for something else to happen 混时间，消磨时间；等待时机 I was just marking time until a better job came up. 我只是在混时间，等待有更好的工作出现。
be marking time• Parkinson's Disease seems to be marking time at the moment.
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